Cotton or pea planter.



IND. "728,139. PAT'ENTE'D MAY 12, 1903.,

P. .1. SMITH. I COTTON 0R PEA PLANTER.

APPLICATION FILED-NOV. a, 1902.

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PATENTED MAY 12, 19.03.

I P, J. SMITH.

COTTON 0R PEA PLANTER.

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"PAT NT OFFICE.

PETER J. SMITH, OF COVINGTON, SOUTH- CAROLINA, ASSIGNCR OF ONE- HALF TOCHARLES S. MOCALL, OF COVINGTON, SOUTH CAROLINA.

COTTON 0R PEA PLANTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 728,139, dated May 12,1903.

Application filed November fi {1902; SerialNo. l '3i),l59- (No model.)

To a, when 1 it may concern/.

Be it known that I, PETERJ- SMITH, a eitif.

zen of the United States, residing atCoving ton, in the county ofMarlboro and State of South Carolina, have invented new and usefulImprovements in'Cotton or Pea Planters, of which the following is 'aspecification. i

My invention relates to cotton and pea planters; and the object of thesame is to construct a machineof this description which will be simplein construction and efficient in operation.

The simple and novel construction employed by me in carrying out myinvention is fully described and claimed in this specification andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof, inwhich Figure 1 is a side elevation of my planter with parts broken away.Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section. Fig. 3 is a detail of theplow. Fig. 4 is a detail of the droppingwheel. Fig. 5.is a bottom planView of my planter. Fig. 6 is a vertical transverse section of the sameon the line 6 6, Fig. 2.

Like numerals of reference designate like.

parts in the different views ofthe drawings. The numeral 1 designates aseed-hopper of approved construction, having handles2 se-.

cured thereto for use in guiding. The bottom 3 of the hopper. is convexand has a slot:

enlarged head 7 a to serve asstops. The ca pacity of the cups 6 can beregulated by means of adjustable stops consisting of arms 8, which arebent atv right angles and threaded to-fit sockets 9, formed in the hubof thewheel 4. The plungers 7 are operated by gravity to admit and expelthe seed from the cups 6. The wheel 4 is carried by a shaft which bearsa sprocket 11, over which a chain 12 passes.

The agitator13 is mounted within the hopper 1 and comprises two hubs 14,keyed on a shaft 15 and bearing alternately-arranged converging arms 16,which keep the seed from packing in the hopper. A sprocket 17 is socuredon the shaft 15 and is also drivenv by the chain 12, which passes oversaid sprocket 17, over the sprocket 11, and around a sprocket '-18,which is carried bya shaft 19, which also j carries a covering-roller20, which comes in contact with the ground and serves to drive theplanting mechanism as well as cover the seed planted.

A plow 2l is located in front of the hopper l and has diverging shares22, which meet in a blunt point 23. Mounted just back of the point 23 isa V- shaped colter 24, carrying rearwardly-extending fingers'25 at eachside thereof. The colter 24 is located so that the seed drops just atthe rear of it and between the fingers 25. Means for hitching a horse tomy planter is supplied by bars 26, which are connected together at 27and support a hanger 28, which supports the plow 21.

In operation the hopper is filled with seed and the planter started. Theagitator 13 will keep the seed stirred up, and it should be noted thatsince there is an interval between the hubs 14 the agitator will notpick up and holdthe seed,as it is left free to drop between the hubs. Asthe wheel 4 rotatesthe plungers 7 will be operated by gravity to permitseed to enter the cups 6 and to force it out. The seed will drop intothe furrow made by the plow 21 and colter 24, which furrow will befilled by the fingers 25 and roller 20 "to coverthe seed.

I do not wish to be limited as to details of construction, as these maybe modified in many particulars without departing from the spirit of myinvention.

Having thusdescribed my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a planter, the combination of a planting-Wheel comprising a huband a rim connected by spokes, said rim having radial apertures thereinlocated intermediate said spokes, plungers slidingly mounted-in saidapertures and operated by gravity'iu both directions, said plungershaving enlarged heads thereon which come in contact with of said armslocated in the same vertical plane passing midway between said hubs,substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set is my hand in presence of twosubscribingwitnesses.

PETER J. SMITH Witnesses:

J. W. SMITH, Z. E. McOALL.

